Package-tie.



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To all whom. it 'nay concern:

Be it. known that. I, WILLIAM A. HAYES, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia. in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties, of which the following is a specifidatiqn.

'I he'/ purpose of the present invention is to i0 provide a novel fastening ineansfor securing bundles of papers or the like.

The invention contemplates a )aekage-tie which can be employed with equi facility in connection with .various sizes of bundles and which is ieculiarlv designed so as to be easily vand quie l v applied to t-he bundle or removed therefrom.

A further objectis the provision of a package tie which can be used repeatedly without any appreciable wear uponthe fastening device and with very little wear upon the l binding cord attached thereto. l

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire knowledge of thev details of construction and the means for eti'ectiiig the result. reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a package having Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner of securthe improved tie applied thereto.

ing the binding cord when the same has an excessive length. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the tie member. is a longitudinal sectional view through the saine. Fig. 5 is a detail perspecti'v e view of the tie member. Fig. 6 1s a rear view of the 2 package.

Corresponding and like `parts are referred 3 to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings b5' the saine reference chara eters. 1

' The package tic may be formed of any .l

suitable material such as wood. glass, metal or the like. although metal is preferably eniploved owing to the fact that it is more durable than other materials.

The numeral 1 designates the base which is provided adjacent one of its edges with an Specification of Letters Patent.'

Appiirion simi october es semi No. seems.

Fig. 4 l

ing member such as the cord 3, one end of PATEXT oFFieE. i

PACKAGE-TIB- PateafiiAagA, 190s. i

opening 2 are pressed outwardly and rein- 55 forced so as to prevent injury to the cord and f cause the tension in the cord to hold the base l firmly against the package. Rigid with the .l base I is a binding head 4, a notch 5 being vfornied between the binding head and the g base and extending along one of the longitudinal edges of the former. rIliis notch is V shaped so as to have a wedge like action upon the binding cord and the mouth of the said notch faces that side of the base 1 G5 f formed with the opening 2 through which the binding cord is inserted. A longitudinal groove t5 is formed in the outer face of the i binding head 4. the sides of the groove being curved outwardly and the said groove gradually becoming deeper toward the ends 'tliereof which termin-.ite in notches 7 which communicate with the before mentioned longitudinallhu dis osed notch 5. The op iosite sides of the inding head 4 are beve ed as 75 indicated at S and the portions of thehinding hea-id upon o posite sides of the groove 6 l are provided wit corresponding de )ressions I 9 and il@ arranged trzinsversebT wit respect to the groove, the latter mentioned depression outwardly towardl the groove 6 and gradually becoming deeper as it `approaches the saine.

In the application of the package tie the base l is placed against one of the faces of j the package at substantially the ccntialportion thereof and the flexible cord 3 drawn around one of the edges of the package to a j peint upon the central portion at the back of the package. The said binding cord is then turned at right angles as indicated at 11 and *wound entirely about the package, the loop ihiis formed passing through the longitudinal notch 5 between the base and binding head. After forming this loopthe cord is passed around that portion of the saine :ai the back of the package as indio cated .ai 12 and then wound about the ack-v age to complete the loop fiist starte( the end ot' the cord being drawn around the 100 bindingT head so as to enter the longitudinal notch 5. After this operation the cord is drawn through the groove 6, being 'thereby placed in engagement. with one of the l note es T and looped under that portion of the comi at the opposite end of the longitudinai notch 5. A sharp pull then tends to draw the cord nmvardl)v within the groove 6 i and depression i. It found desirable the end of the cord may then be looped several times about the body portion ofthe co d in order to render the tie more secure.' as shown at 13". y f

' Should the cord be excessively long for the bundle being operated upon' the end of the cord is wound a number of times about the bundle after being s ecuiredas previously described, the various loops thus formed bei-ng received within the depressions 9. and 10. After the excessive length has thus been taken up the end portion of the binding cord is passedI transversely across the several loops as indicated at 13, and drawn around the two notches 7 so as to extend across the loops of the cord and pull the same inwardly as indicated at 14, and is then looped several times around the bod) portion of the cord as at 15. It will thus be a'iparent that the tie can be quickly applied to a package or removed therefrom and the various members constituting the package held securely together.

Having thus describedthe invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a )acka-ge tiefthe combination of a base, "a blnding head pro'ecting from the base and having a groovetormed therein, the said binding head being-also vprovided with a depression arranged tifgnisversely with respect to the groove, and t inding cord carried by the base and adapte,4 to have an interlocking connection with th e; binding head.

2. In a package tie, the combi a n of a base, a binding head projecting frei base and having a groove formed ther notch being formed between the base;

the head and a depression being formed init; the head 1n comnnuncation Wlth the grodve and arranged transversely with respect 5,

thereto, and a binding cord carried by the being formed in the head connecting vthesecond mentioned notches, and-a flexible.v

binding member carried by the base and adapted to have an interlocking connection with the notched and grooved portions of the binding head- 4. In a package tie, the. combinationof a base, a binding head carried by the base., a

longitudinal notch heilig formed at the base of the binding head and the said binding head being provided upon opposite sides with notches communicating with the before mentioned longitudinal notch, a groove being formed in the head connecting the second mentioned notches, and depressions being formed'upon oiposite sides of the groove, and a flexible binding member carried by the base and adapted to have an in- L;

tei-locking connection with the notched and grooved 'portions of the bindino" head.

5. In a ackage ti'e, the conibination of a base,- a binding head projecting =from the base and having a groove formed in the.

outer portion thereof, a notch being located between the base and the head and arranged approximately vparallel with the groove, and a inding con carried b v the base and adapted to have an interlocking connection with the binding head. Y y

In testimony whereof I afiix mv signature in presence of two witnesses. p f

'ILLIAM A. HAYES.` [1.. s.] Witnesses:

JOHN IV- HAYES, MARIE C. F. HAYES. 

